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At E3 2013, one of the bigger games demonstrated to a favourable reception was Tom Clancy’s The Division. Shown off at the event using the new Snowdrop engine the game looked good and the game was very well talked-about about after the event. The game was scheduled to be released at some unscheduled time this year, but now the word’s come through that the game has been delayed until some unscheduled time in 2015 purely so Ubisoft can work on making sure the game works.
It doesn’t really come as a surprise. There’s been little word on the game since E3 ’13 and games get delayed all the time these days, release dates pushed back to allow for games to be tweaked to a level closer to perfect due to unexpected obstacles appearing. At the very least, pushing back a release date to make sure a game is working properly is preferable to games that get released in a buggy half-finished state just to meet a deadline. Also the statement that was released says that everyone involved are ‘proud’ to be working on such a project. So the delay is going to bring a better game from a group of people who are passionate and in love with the idea of the game they’re creating. This can only be a good thing all round.
We should be seeing more footage of The Division now at E3 this year, so we should get some information about how much work has been completed since the event last week and possibly be able to estimate how close to being finished the game is and therefore maybe which quarter of 2015 we could see the game being released. Until then though, we just have to wait.
The beauty of indie games are that the studios are small, creative and as long as they can make it work as a game, they are free to program and serve up to us any number of weird, wonderful and crazy ideas for sale to the gaming public. That’s how games like ‘Glorious Leader!’ get born.
Made by the people at Moneyhorse Games, the game is a 7-level retro-style side-scroller in which you play as Kim Jong Un in an epic adventure in which you fight off the entire American army while either on foot or riding a magical unicorn. If you have a friend to come play with you, the second player can be Dennis Rodman. Seriously.
There’s a trailer up on Youtube now and the game will be out for PC, mobile and tablet soon. Can’t wait to see the let’s play videos for this one.
Moneyhorse Games website is here.
May 18th, 2014 by
If you were looking to get Titanfall for the PC after the price had fallen a bit, now might be your chance. EA is currently having a 2-day flash sale on Origin which includes a number of their well-known titles, including the popular FPS mech game.
With a number of titles on offer, many including Titanfall are being sold for around 40% less than the normal price. Other famous (or ‘infamous’) titles in the sale include The Sims 3 Starter Pack, Battlefield 4 and Simcity. If you’re not put off by Origin you might want to be quick though. The sale is due to end Sunday, May 18th at 12pm Pacific Time.
Another massive battle has taken place between the CFC and N3 coalitions in low-sec space on EVE, thanks to a trap set by the Black Legion alliance to bait the RAZOR alliance which ended up causing over 500 billion ISK or $10,000 worth of damage.
The trap was set in the system of Daras a low-security system, when the Black Legion used one of their own Super Carriers; one of the game’s most expensive and big ships; to trick the RAZOR alliance into thinking they had cornered the Black Legion’s ship. When the trap was sprung and the rest of the Black Legion ships closed in with allies from the N3 coalition RAZOR called for help from their own CFC alliance and the battle quickly escalated into a massive multi-ship battlefield. The ‘time dilation’ effect in the game quickly kicked in, slowing everything to 10% of normal speed and allowing for the battle to be planned out.
Notable among the losses were ten Super Carrier vessels on the side of the CFC, with the rest of that fleet managing to escape. The biggest loss was a Super Carrier worth 60 billion ISK from the Goonswarm group, the kill being bagged by N3. There is also a rumour going around that the Pandemic Legion were involved in the battle, agreeing to help the CFC but then turning on them when they arrived on the scene. Although PL have a reputation of being untrustworthy they have denied the accusation. The ultimate victors of the battle seemed to be the Black Legion and N3.
For scale it doesn’t compare to the infamous battle of B-R5RB where over ten trillion ISK or $300,000 was lost, but battles like these are more common in the spaces in-game where there is no security. This battle was in low-security space but also was large enough in scale to be notable.
